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NAME
Devel::Cover - Code coverage metrics for Perl
DESCRIPTION
This module provides code coverage metrics for Perl.
If you can't guess by the version number this is an alpha release.
Code coverage data are collected using a pluggable runops function which
counts how many times each op is executed. These data are then mapped
back to reality using the B compiler modules. There is also a statement
profiling facility which needs a better backend to be really useful.
The cover program can be used to generate coverage reports.
Statement, branch, condition, pod and time coverage information is
reported. Statement coverage data should be reasonable, although there
may be some statements which are not reported. Branch and condition
coverage data should be mostly accurate too. These data should be mostly
accurate, although not always what one might initially expect. Pod
coverage comes from Pod::Coverage. Coverage data for path coverage are
not yet collected.
The gcov2perl program can be used to convert gcov files to Devel::Cover
databases.
You may find that the results don't match your expectations. I would
imagine that at least one of them is wrong.
THe most appropriate mailing list on which to discuss this module would
be perl-qa. Discussion has migrated there from perl-qa-metrics which is
now defunct. http://lists.perl.org/showlist.cgi?name=perl-qa
Requirements:
Perl 5.6.1 or 5.7.1.
The ability to compile XS extensions.
Pod::Coverage if you want pod coverage.
Template Toolkit 2 if you want HTML output.